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To date, his fund has mobilized
nearly VND10bn from 8 businesses
around the region.
A key disadvantage most provinces
in the region face is weak traffic infra-
structure. “Such provinces as Phu Yen
have beautiful beaches, but few tour-
ists know it. They just know Danang or
Nha Trang, not the coastline that lies
between the two,” said Truong Quang
Nhat, vice chairman of Phu Yen Provin-
cial People’s Committee.
He emphasizes the dearth of tour-
ism promotion campaigns nationwide
and worldwide and the poor roads:
“From Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City,
few tourists choose to travel by road
to Phu Yen while flights from such big
cities depart very early in the morning
(before 6am) on only very small air-
planes. Even accessing from Nha Trang
is inconvenient due to having to use the
dangerous Ca pass,” Nhat said.
Phu Yen is a symbol for the under-
development of these provinces, but
there is hope on the horizon, with Sep-
tember’s opening of a new airport that
will service bigger planes and which
will herald many more direct flights to
the area. Moreover, the province will
also complete its tunnel under the Ca
Pass in 2016, connecting Phu Yen with
Nha Trang.
Many more important traffic pro-
jects will be finished in the near future,
including the North-South Highway
passing through Thua Thien – Hue, Da-
nang, and Quang Ngai. The Huynh-
Dung Quat seaside road in Quang Ngai
and the Cua Dai Bridge in Quang Nam,
are also key to perfecting the 500km
coastal route connecting famous tour-
ism destinations around the region.
In addition, the local authorities
will also cooperate with Vietnam Air-
lines and other airlines to open many
more regional and international direct
flights to such airports as Danang, Phu
Bai, Chu Lai and Cam Ranh.
The provincial authorities also plan
to meet to build a detailed plan for
sustainable development of such areas
as Lang Co-Canh Duong in Thua Thien -
Hue, Son Tra Peninsula in Danang and
Cham Island in Quang Nam.
The Hyatt, just one of the top inter-
national names in the region